The Eduardo-Taylor's case might be closed soon. Here is the latest update on how it is going to fold up for the Croatian's aggressor...
We know Eduardo might come back on the field in nine months, if he's lucky, and that is with getting medical support from the best doctors in the world, which we know he will.
Martin Taylor is suspended for the next three games, and I can hear some of you already screaming "it is not fair" or "he is a butcher." For the moment the only people happy with the decision are in Birmingham, with Radhi Jaidi, BCFC's substitute, who will benefit from Taylor's suspension, and gain more time on the field.
Three games! I think it's not much if you have a close look at the challenge. I read on BR that some people say the tackle was not that harsh, or that you could see this kind of tackles every week. Really? I agree to the fact that you can see violent tackles every week, but a tackle with enough power to break a leg is not that common.
It might not look like a big one when you watched it live but, Taylor knew that if he was not gonna touch the ball, his challenge will hurt Eduardo. Sometimes there are defenders who play a very physical game, but the ones who go crazy on their slide tackles are not playing fair anymore.
These are either desperate by their opponent's technical skills or they want players to fear them.
When this happens at a professional level, three games suspension is not enough. Next time a player has an option to roughly tackle someone to the point of breaking their leg why not? The only risk is a three game suspension and a killer reputation, which is good to have when you are back on the field (ask Tacchinardi or Matterazzi).
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Filip Jakopovic about 1 year ago
I too think 3 games is too small of a punishment for such a ferocious tackle. Somewhere I found the information that Taylor's gonna have to pay some extra fine. That's rubbish.
Everyone who ever played football knows how does it feel to get tackled by a normal tackle. There's no way Eduardo's leg could break if that tackle had been right.
Three weeks is much too less and I hope it won't encourage other players to do so.
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Andrew McNair about 1 year ago
Sorry Clement I can't agree with you. The tackle only broke Eduardo's leg because of the physics of eduardo's body...he was simply in the wrong place in the wrong postion with the wrong weight on that leg at the wrong time.
IT HAPPENS....ask Cisse, Nilis and Busst!
Hard tackling is part of the game and I have no problem with it. I don't want a fairy EPL full of soft technical players being given free kicks for minimal contact. It's already too soft.
Football is brilliant because you get different types of players who do different things and have different advantages.
Are you saying we ban a player for 10 games every time he tackles hard?
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Clement Andreau about 1 year ago
That's not what I am saying. Just that 3 games compare with 9 month off the field for Eduardo, it is not really fair. What I like about your exemple is that they happened in England. Hard tackling is not part of the game the way you say it. You have great tacklers like Thuram, Cannavaro or Puyol, and they never broke anyone's leg. In the EPL, a lot of guys tend to be rough because of their of defensive skills.
Contacts are fine, but admit that in the EPL they became the way to defend, and that is why any player who can avoid rough guys scores a lot of goals. Look in other championships, because refs are being stricter on contacts, the defensive level is higher since players have to use other skills than roughness to get the ball, even if there are contacts, they tend to hurt less and be more usefull.
Eduardo might have been "in the wrong place in the wrong postion with the wrong weight on that leg at the wrong time", but a smarter and better defender would not have broken his leg and would even have took the ball away from him, without injuring him.
It is also because of their defense that England has not being doing good at international level, and if they only thing defense is being rough, no wonder why.
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Matt S about 1 year ago
I wrote about this on another article but feel that I should repeat myself here – if you took the time to look at Martin Taylor’s disciplinary record then you would see that in around 200 games over nine years he has received only 6 yellow cards and 2 reds (including the one on Saturday). So how can you saw that he relies only on “roughness” – this player obviously knows how to tackle fairly otherwise he would have been booked a lot more than 6 times in 200 games. In comparison, you quote Puyol as an example of a great tacklet – he has 6 yellow cards from 30 games this season so he has obviously dealt out his fair share of illegal tackles this season alone!
Also, I can’t leave without taking you up on what you said about England: “It is also because of their defense that England has not being doing good at international level”. This is complete rubbish and shows you don’t know what you are talking about! In the last 17 competitive games, going back to the start of the 2006 World Cup, England have kept 13 clean sheets. So do you care to explain just how exactly it is the defence which is making England suffer at international level?!
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Clement Andreau about 1 year ago
I meant "be rough because of their LACK of defensive skills."
And to answer your question Andrew, we could ban a player for 10 games if he brakes someone leg, not just for hard tackling.
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Andrew McNair about 1 year ago
Not everyone can be as good as Thuram, Puyol and Cannavaro and who says they have never broken another players leg? have you done research?
I unfortunately broke a lads leg after I skidded on wet grass. I raise my legs to try and get my balance back as my body jerked forward. To I deserve to sit out for 6 months?
Clement, British people like British football and I have no problem with a bit of rough and tumble.
You are being very anti EPL considering you appear to be a big fan!
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
yeah, and what about aliadiares slap....he could have had someones eye out!!
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
and aliadiare has got a 4 game ban! so you can break someones leg but dont wave a finger in the face of another player! spot on clement this is exactly why england have never and will never be a force in world football, think its all about 'grit and determination' and 'getting stuck in', why not try actually playing good football for once. Not gonna happen the whole time so called tackles like this are allowed and accepted as long as your english.
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S B about 1 year ago
HALLELUYA............Finally someone gets it.
There is hope for ENGLAND.
I could not agree with you more.
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Clement Andreau about 1 year ago
I am not anti EPL at all, just that sometimes it can be too rough. And yes I am a big fan of EPL, the attacking and pace of the games are really amazing!!! I have nothing against "physical" game, but it comes to roughness, and some kind of plays you ll only see in the EPL, I just don't think it's appropriate.
Especially when you watch the other Leagues in Europe, where as I said before, the defensive level is higher.
But yeah, Go Arsenal!!! (they are not a real EPL team, aren't they?)
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
The suspension is definitely unfair intentional or not, Taylor should've been made an example of and given a lengthy ban.
Clement -Arsenal all the way, if the winners were selected purely on who plays pure football Arsenal will win it hands down. As we know EPL is the richest football league in the world and the pressure is immense the philosophy of win at all cost comes to it and the not so talented teams tend to resort to physicality and hacking everything in their sight. Arsenal have been kicked around for the last few seasons because they play an amazing quick passing football the lower teams resorted to kicking them to stop them playing their football which is very sad. When Arsenal decides to get rough themselves they get criticised heavily in the media. Its up to the Football governing body to do something about it and stop these kind of tackles.
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S B about 1 year ago
BRAZILIAN PLAYERS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THESE WEAKER LEAGUES.
The players in these leagues tend to make up for their lack of talent with violence.
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illya mclellan about 1 year ago
mentioning his good disciplinary records underlines the reason he should be banned. he made a decision to tackle studs up moving forward into his opponents space. so he has hardly had any cards, so what? that was one of the stupidest tackles i have seen in a while and two minutes in to the game? he was trying to injure him he should cop a six month ban at least. the guy is an idiot a disgrace to the memory and existence of decent hard english defenders who dont go around breaking peoples legs.
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Matt S about 1 year ago
So he mistimed one tacklein 200 games? Surely this is just human error and he has no history of setting out to injure on purpose so how can you be so sure he meant to do this? Only one person knows whether it was intentional or not, Martin Taylor himself. Judging by his record though I think we can give him the benefit of the doubt. Everyone makes mistakes, and until we have robots playing instead of humans, they will continue. Injuries are part of the game, this was a very bad tackle but worse have resulted in no injury at all - go figure.
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Simon Martin about 1 year ago
The thing is Matt, its not just 1 tackle in 200 games - we see this sort of shoddy tackling all the time. My article earlier in the week was designed to highlight the fact that we seem to have lost the ability to tackle safely over time and we need to re-learn these skills, otherwise more players will recieve these serious injuries.
It's amazing how many people misinterpret our articles on here, even when it is written in black and white and English!
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Matt S about 1 year ago
So we have “lost the ability to tackle over time”? So, by your argument the art of tackling is worse now than the golden age of tackling of the likes of “Chopper” Harris, Norman Hunter, Jack Charlton (who kept his infamous little black book of players to exact revenge upon) or even of the late eighties/early nineties from the likes of Vinnie Jones? Are these the guys we should look to in order to, as you put it, “re-learn” the skills of tackling that we supposedly had in the past?
Or have I again “misinterpreted” what you have written in black and white?
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anthony riley about 1 year ago
if you have seen the tackle which you probably have then you will know that there was no malice there,it was simply mistimed and the way eduardo weight was all on one side.i am a man u fan and feel sorry for the guy but taylor should only get his three match ban. i remember carvalho doing a two footed challenge a couple of months ago and he only got a ban and his was much worse.wenger should also come on tv with taylor and apologise to him in front of the whole world.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
The tackle was ferocious the amount of force is used from Taylor must've been incredible to snap Eduardo’s leg like that. I'm sorry, there was an intent maybe not breaking his leg but certainly to put Eduardo off his game its called bully tactics "you try dribbling passed me and I'll hurt you " that was Taylor's message. I can't believe people have sympathy for the thug. He might have a no history of bad tackles but in my opinion he acted like a thug at that particular moment in his life.
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David Jacobs about 1 year ago
eduardo's studs dug into the turf which exaggerated the impact of the tackle. taylor didn't mean to do it. the ban could be 1 or 2 games more, but that punishes the team and not just the player, costing potential points. this type of injury happens sometimes. it's only an attempt to get the ball. as andrew said, i don't want a fairy league where every human contact earns a yellow card. it just spoils the game.
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Simon Williams about 1 year ago
In my opinion he did not even deserve to get sent off, let alone a red card, but as the ref gave a red, a 3 match ban is all it deserves.
There was no thuggery in the tackle, it was just misfortune for Eduardo. Is it fair that he is out for 9 months? No, but life is not fair sometimes!!!
I could fall down the stairs tomorrow at home, and break my leg, do my stairs deserve to be smashed to bits because of it?
To suggest that the fact he broke is leg is evidence enough that the tackle must have been terrible is ludicrous. My aunt broke her finger while putting it into the back pocket of her husband, does that mean he arse muscles should be burnt at the stake for causing such an injury?!!!
The body is a fragile piece of kit, ANY AMOUNT OF FORCE can cause an injury at any given moment, if certain elements come together unfortunately at the same time.
Stop whining about it and grow some balls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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S B about 1 year ago
Let me see if I get this straight.......Eduardo da Silva is the victim of a mishap somewhat similar to when your Aunt brike her finger in your Uncle's arse.
It all makes perfect sense now.
Thanks Simon.
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Simon Williams about 1 year ago
An intelligent response as ever Darlon.
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S B about 1 year ago
Thanks.
How is your aunt's finger anyway?
Did your uncle visit her in the hospital and apologize?
And how's his arse coming along?
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David Jacobs about 1 year ago
eduardo's studs dug into the turf which exaggerated the impact of the tackle. taylor didn't mean to do it. the ban could be 1 or 2 games more, but that punishes the team and not just the player, costing potential points. this type of injury happens sometimes. it's only an attempt to get the ball. as andrew said, i don't want a fairy league where every human contact earns a yellow card. it just spoils the game.
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Clement Andreau about 1 year ago
Well, after all the debates, there is just one thing to hope: no more leg breaking. As i said before, I still think 3 games is not much, but I am not an extrmist, maybe 5 games (more like 1 month ban) would have been better. I know it can be called an accident, but i still think it could have been avoided. I still think Taylor knew that he was n ot gonna touch the ball (what he intended to do, no doubt) he was really gonna hurt Eduardo.
So lets move on, and once again hope Eduardo will be fine and back asap.
Thanks for leaving your comments, and make this debate interrestring, fun, and also a bit crazy sometimes
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Everyone player who causes an serious injury had be suspended for the time his oponent recovers...
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Clement Andreau about 1 year ago
Well that's a bit extremist. What about if the player already a weakness on the part of his body which get injured?
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